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The week in practice

Posted on December 24, 2010 by Freejack

I spent the first week after the guitar lesson practicing. An hour on Friday and Saturday, 30 minutes on Sunday and Monday, 45 minutes on Tuesday, an hour on Wednesday, and 20 minutes prior to Thursday’s lesson. Fingers were sore … Continue reading →

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Learning New Stuff

Posted on December 17, 2010 by Freejack

Back in 1998 or so, around when Santana’s Supernatural came out, I got the bug to pick up a guitar. I’d been air guitaring just like everyone else of course but it felt like I was going through the motions … Continue reading →

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Low Speed Crash at Work

Posted on November 27, 2010 by Freejack

Bah, I’m a little PO’d at myself. They use some sort of sealer on the parking lot at work very similar to the tar used to repair cracks. So the parking lot is one big tar snake. I’m generally pretty … Continue reading →

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Backpacking and Camping at Rogers Pass

Posted on September 26, 2010 by Freejack

Rita, Anna and I headed up to Rogers Pass Lake and Rogers Pass this past weekend. My camera was in my backpack on the way up so I only got pics from the campsite on. The hike was 3.8 miles … Continue reading →

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Team Building Event

Posted on September 24, 2010 by Freejack

Here at work we have a quarterly team building budget that is measured. In other words, they require some sort of team oriented, out of the office event. The first one we did was a pool tournament. It was pretty … Continue reading →

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Rebuilding The Computer/Game Room

Posted on September 19, 2010 by Freejack

My big project for this year is to convert my computer/office from a collection of gear to a nice place to have my computers with lots of space and plenty of space for my gaming gear; board games, role playing … Continue reading →

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[100,000 Miles!] 2004

Posted on August 10, 2010 by Freejack

Back in July of 2004 after returning from a month working in Athens Greece, I started looking at upgrading my new found hobby. See I’ve been riding motorcycles since 1976 when I bought a Yamaha 250 but only recently started … Continue reading →

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Strengths Finder

Posted on August 4, 2010 by Freejack

This is another work course. In this case, management decided to find and use employee strengths vs trying to put them into situations where we can explore and grow our weaknesses. It makes sense. Why hire someone to be a … Continue reading →

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Family Adventure – Day 17

Posted on July 30, 2010 by Freejack

Left cabin 7 at 6:45. Can’t check out and get deposit until they open at 7. Zipped out for a quick run down to get a morning pic, then back for the deposit Problem is that the sun is right … Continue reading →

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Family Adventure – Day 16

Posted on July 29, 2010 by Freejack

Started at 4:45am by waking. Got gear packed and out the door at 5:30 Temp started at 54, dropped to 48 before it started warming up Had a nice ride up the pass but got to 35 in a construction … Continue reading →

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